Flue or stovepipe cleaner.



(No Model.)

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FLUE OR ST-DVEPIPE CLEANER.

(Application filed Apr. 20, 1899.)

Patented Jan. 2 I900.

A14 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW A. FRADENBURG, OF BROOKLYN, OHIO.

FLUE OR STOVEPIPE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 640,190, dated. January 2, 1900- Application filed April 20, 1899- Serial No. 713,703. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW A. FRADEN- BURG, of Brooklyn, Cuyahoga county, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe or Flue Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to stovepipe or flue cleaners; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the same, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure I is a View in elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. II is a vertical sectional View taken through the same. Fig. III is a top plan view of the flue-cleaner.

A represents a handle, which is preferably made of wood. The handle A is provided at its lower end with a head B, which is preferably composed of broom-corn, such as is used in making broom-heads.

The cleaning member or head B is fastened to the handle as follows: A layer of under tufts or bristles Cis wired by means of the wire D to the handle, as is usual in broommaking. This layer of bristles encircles the lower end of the handle. Another layer of upper tufts E is similarly secured around the handle a short distance above the lower layer of bristles. After the layers of bristles are properly secured to the handle the bristles composing the lower layer are bent back upon themselves until they project laterally at right angles to the handle. The bristles composing the upper layer E slant away from the handle until they meet the bristles of the lower layer at a short distance from where they are wired to the handle and then lie vparallelwith them the rest of their length.

The two layers are then securely sewed together at the junction of the sloping portion of the upper layer with the lower layer by means of thread, string, or fine wire F, as found convenient or necessary. The sewing of the two layers of tufts C and E is so arranged that the layers support each other and keep the head extended in a radial direction from the handle. The ends of the corn, bristles, or wires are then trimmed to proper size and uniformity, according to the size of pipe or flue which they are to clean.

The upper layer of bristles not only adds to the scraping and brushing surface of the fluecleaner, but also acts as a flexible brace for the lower layer. It normally holds the lower layer in its position at right angles to the handle, and when the cleaner is being used it prevents the bristles from being bent too far in any direction. It is thus impossible under ordinary circumstances in pushing or pull ing the cleaner through a flue to bend the bristles to such an extext as to cause them to break where they are wired to the handle.

By means of a cleaner constructed accord= ingto my invention stovepipes may be easily and thoroughly cleaned, as may also flues of chimneys and the like; also, on account of the construction of the same the manufacture is cheapened without detracting from the efficiency of the cleaner.

What I claim is- 1. A pipe or flue cleaner consisting of a handle provided with a head comprising two layers of brushing or scraping material,whicl1 layers extend about and laterally of the han-- dle and are secured together so as to support each other, substantially as set forth;

2. A pipe or flue cleaner consisting of a handle, A, provided with a circular head, B, formed of a lower layer of laterally-projecting bristles, O, encircling the handle, and an upper layer of laterally-projecting bristles, E, encircling the handle above the lower layer and having its central portion inclining or sloping from the lower layer inwardly and upwardly to where it is wired to the handle, and means for binding the said layers together at or near the junction of the sloping portion of the upper layer with the lower layer, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 29th day of March, 1899.

ANDREW A. FRADENBURG.

WVitnesses:

W. E. DONNELLY, A. H. PARRATT. 

